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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

America is in a care crisis. Women, especially mothers, are leaving the workforce in staggering numbers in this pandemic era. They're buckling under the pressure of managing the responsibilities of their households and their families on top of their work. In this episode, we talk with Eve Rodsky about the straw that broke her back and re-examine what it means to value care and time in your own household. Support our independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.5	At TikTok, we're known for entertainment, but behind the scenes we committed to safety
0:28.2	within our community. That's why we set all TikTok accounts age between 13 and 15 as
0:33.5	private with no access to direct messaging. Our family parent tool lets you link your
0:38.2	account to your teens so you can adjust what content they see and manage how long your
0:43.0	family spends on TikTok with our screen time management tool. Safety, your priority
0:48.2	is our commitment. Search TikTok Guardians Guide to learn more.
0:51.8	I'm Nora McNeerney and this is Terrible Thanks for asking. This episode is part of a series
1:02.5	about care, about the value of care. And we're going to focus mostly on care in the US
1:07.9	because that's where we make this show and where most of our listeners live. Just FYI.
1:13.8	This week we're talking about care within our family and interpersonal relationships. And
1:24.2	I want to say up top that even though a lot of the examples in this story are going to
1:28.4	be hetero couples, the researcher that we're speaking with finds that these issues apply
1:33.0	in roommate situations in all kinds of romantic partnerships. So I think it'll be relevant.
1:39.2	It's not just for married people, let me put it that way. But to start I want everyone
1:44.0	to think about the way you are raised. Think about the grownups who raised you and think
1:50.4	about what they did every single day to keep your lives on track. Think about who did the
1:56.3	dishes, who did the laundry, who took you to doctor's appointments, who are SVP'd for
2:01.5	birthday parties, who wrapped birthday gifts, who drove you to practices, who washed your
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